Set of instruments for the passage of the glottis by means of the touch



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SET OF INSTRUMENTS FOR- THE PASSAGE OF THE GLOTTIS BY MEANS OF THE TOUCHF ileu Aug. 8, 1928 2 Sheets-She'et, 2

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stare PATENT @FFEQE SATURNINO GARCIA VICENTE, OF MADRID, SPAIN SET OFINSTRUMENTS FOR THE PASSAGE IF THE GLOTTIS BY MEANS OF THE TOUCHApplication filed August 8, 1928, Serial No. 298,385, and in Spain June2, 1926.

This invention provides means whereby the sense of touchmay be utilizedin effecting an entranceto and passage through the glottis for medicallytreating the bronchial tubes and lungs. The invention is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings and will be hereinafter fully set forth.

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I Figure 1 is an elevation of one instrument embodying the invention,

Fig. 2 is a instrument, Fig. 3 is a detail illustrating a method ofusing the instrument shown in Fig. 2, and Figsh i, 5 and 6are diagrams.

Re'ferringparticularly to Fig. 1, there is shown a syringe l of anyapproved detail construction having its tube 2bent laterally near itsend'and equipped at its end with a 29 head 3 of elongated conical orwedge shape. The head is provided with a suitable outlet opening at itstip through which medicaments may be ejected to be introduced into thelungs. The head willreadily pass be tween the vocal chords when impelledand guided by the forefinger which is inserted through the mouth to theneighborhood of the larynx, as indicated in Figs. 4: and 5.

The other apparatus completing this set 30 of instruments for thepassage of the glottis,

is a pair of introductory pinoers 4 (Fig. 2),

intended, as its name implies, for the introduction into the lung offlexible probes or tubes 5 serving to introduce syrupy or thick liquidsor to carry out the washing of the p 7 bronchia and similar treatments.

I .The pincers, of sufficient length, are arranged inthe form ofscissors with a pressure catch and the elbows at an angle, and the endsterminating in two valves or jaws 6, between which the probe or tube tobe introduced is held fast (Fig. 3) these valves or jaws 6 may be largeror smaller, according to the arrangement of the tube or apparatus thatis to penetrate into the perspective view of a second lung, and theyhave the peculiarity that the apparatus as a whole, viz, the valves andthe probe or tube, held fast between them as shown in Figs. '3 and 6 andintended to be introduced into the lung, has the wedge shape necessaryfor the passage of the. glottis according to our process.

The procedure of introduction isthe same as for the injection with thesyringe above referred to. The forefinger is-introduced by the vmouthand determines the position of the larynx; then with the other hand thepincers are introduced, with the probe held between their valves, andare guided or impelled by the forefinger, so as to. penetrate into thelarynx (Fig. 6). When this has been done, the pincers are opened orreleased and then Withdrawn, and with the hand that is free the probe ortube is impelled inwards and penetrates into the lung withoutdiiiiculty.

Having in the above suitably set forth the nature 0 my invention and themanner in which it is to be performed, what I seek to have protected bypatent are the following claims.

1. An instrument for the passage of the glottis having an entranceelement of elongated wedge formation, said element consisting of twomating members meeting on the longitudinal axis of the element.

2. An instrument for the passage of the glottis having an entranceelement of elongated wedge formation and consisting of mating jawshaving their inner opposed surfaces constructed to clamp a probe oranalogous device.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

SATURNINO GARCIA VICENTE. [L. s.]

